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Sokurov: Early Masterworks | Blu-ray/DVD Review

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Jordan M. Smith - January 8, 2013

Raised in a military family and schooled in the ways of movie making under the wing of Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s career...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is #1

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Jordan M. Smith - December 31, 2012

5. Jeff, Who Lives At Home Another film that took me a while to see, this is the Duplass brothers' going a little lighter this...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2012: First-timer Helmers Rodney Ascher & Benh Zeitlin Crack Top 10 (Picks 10 to 6)

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Jordan M. Smith - December 31, 2012

10. Beasts of the Southern Wild Another film I sorely missed in Park City, but finally caught during its theatrical release, Benh Zeitlin's full length...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Baumbach, Cianfrance & Korine Make for a Great Year Ahead (Picks 5 to 1)

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Jordan M. Smith - December 31, 2012

5. Low & Clear The first of two self produced, crowd funded films on this list, Low & Clear announces Tyler Hughen and Kahlil Hudson...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Docs Leviathan and The Act Of Killing Among Picks 10 to 6

Annual Top Films Lists

Jordan M. Smith - December 31, 2012

10. Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel's follow-up to their fascinating depiction of traveling sheep herders in Sweetgrass, is this year's quintessential art doc. With...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.